triumphed

verb

past tense of triumph
1
as in prevailed
to achieve victory (as in a contest) despite an accident early on, the runner persevered and ultimately triumphed

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2
as in delighted
to feel or express joy or triumph the team triumphed by hoisting their coach into the air and carrying her off the field

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Recent Examples of triumphed The luncheon is designed to celebrate individuals who have triumphed over addiction. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 Roger Federer at the 2017 Australian Open After a nearly five-year Grand Slam drought and a right knee injury, Federer triumphed at the 2017 Australian Open at 35 years and 5 months old. — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026 And insurers — teamed with consumer advocates — triumphed, forcing Newsom to back down. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Swansea famously won promotion under John Toshack, but triumphed just once in the four Welsh derbies. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Three tests of public approval occurred, and the movie triumphed at each. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 Thiel and his allies haven’t fully triumphed yet, though, as indicated by the recent surge in public opposition to data centers. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026 Taylor Swift has been through her own battles to regain control of her mastertapes, but ultimately triumphed. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 After two jittery routines to start her competition, Claire triumphed with a stick to rocket ahead of Blakely and Carey. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triumphed
  1. prevailed
  2. delighted
  3. won
  4. exulted
Verb
  • An uneasy calm prevailed along the border Friday, with no new fighting reported.
    — MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Now that Paramount Skydance has prevailed in its bid to take over CNN’s parent, there is certain to be new scrutiny on what elements of CNN’s current business plan new managers wish to keep.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of prevailed
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  • Past visitors include different types of tuna that have delighted sport fishers, and open-ocean red crabs that can change the poop color of birds that feast on them.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the builders were delighted by the strange setup — the sleeping alcoves for him and Lakofski, the balustrade inspired by the chain link of a nearby playground (and, maybe, a little Frank Gehry).
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of delighted
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  • Yann LeCun won the 2018 Turing Award—computer science’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize—along with fellow AI researchers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio for their work on deep learning, the neural network technology that underpins today’s AI boom.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Under Kreiz, Mattel also has won new or renewed entertainment licenses, including Disney Princess and Frozen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Toy Story, KPop Demon Hunters and DC.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of won
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  • After Friday’s delay in the Paramount-WBD antitrust lawsuit, shares of both media companies slid in after-hours trading, foes of the merger exulted and observers tried to process the latest twist in the merger saga.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026
  • Watching from New Orleans, former Huskers star guard Tyronn Lue exulted.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of exulted

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“Triumphed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triumphed. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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